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Youth employment-to-population ratio worldwide from 2000 to 2023, by level of development (with a forecast until 2025)

Characteristic	Low income	Lower middle-income	Upper middle-income	High income
2000	50.83%	38.88%	51.76%	42.36%
2001	50.72%	38.75%	50.7%	41.86%
2002	50.62%	38.58%	49.65%	41.12%
2003	50.52%	38.28%	48.74%	40.35%
2004	50.48%	38.06%	48.51%	40.25%
2005	50.4%	37.63%	47.91%	40.18%
2006	49.98%	37%	47.64%	40.5%
2007	49.51%	36.22%	47.43%	40.55%
2008	49.02%	35.48%	46.84%	40.03%
2009	48.74%	34.82%	45.66%	37.36%
2010	48.21%	34.15%	44.97%	36.52%
2011	47.79%	33.19%	44.46%	36.55%
2012	47.21%	32.07%	44.18%	36.34%
2013	47.13%	31.67%	43.28%	36.59%
2014	46.77%	31.14%	42.47%	37.14%
2015	46.29%	30.42%	41.7%	37.78%
2016	45.93%	29.82%	40.99%	38.5%
2017	45.54%	29.15%	40.63%	39.01%
2018	45.11%	28.52%	40.44%	39.66%
2019	44.59%	28.51%	40.11%	40.15%
2020	43.39%	27.44%	36.66%	37.15%
2021	43.2%	27.89%	38.16%	39.15%
2022	43.46%	28.66%	38.23%	40.6%
2023	43.38%	29.29%	38.14%	41.09%
2024	43.32%	28.84%	37.95%	40.5%
2025	43.3%	28.91%	37.75%	40.23%

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December 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

Age group

15-24 years

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ILO modelled estimates

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Employment-to-population among youth worldwide fell in all countries, except for high-income countries. Employment-to-population was lowest in lower middle-income countries, where it fell below 30 percent. The declining ratios must be seen in relation to increasing enrollment in education that usually comes with increasing levels of development.

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